Fouad Bendimerad, Ph'D', P'E'

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EMI 5-Year Agenda2004-2008

• Fouad Bendimerad, Ph.D., P.E.
• Chairman of the Board

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Program Strategy
5-year program is built on three pilasters

• Reinforcement of infrastructure built within
  the last 3 years through the Cluster Cities
  Project (EMI Coalition)
• Systemic capacity development through trainings,
  institutional strengthening and advocacy (3cd
  Cross-Cutting Capacity Development Program)
• Use of Information of technology as a mechanism
  for implementation of mitigation trough a
  Disaster Management Master Plan (DMMP)

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Building the Infrastructure- Cluster Cities
Project (CCP)
The Cluster Cities Project is EMIs mechanism for
building a coalition of stakeholders around a
common agenda
Such infrastructure is required to develop a
common agenda between stakeholders. Mitigation
is a complex process a full understanding of the
constraints and objectives can drive the right
public policies.
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Participating Cities

• 19 city partners and 4 observers
• East Asia Kobe, Manila, Shanghai, Seoul
• Asia Mumbai, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Tashkent,
  Beijing
• South Pacific Tianjin, Wellington
• Americas Bogota, Los Angeles, Mexico, Quito
• Mediterranean Naples, Istanbul, Tehran, Cairo
• Observers San Salvador, Jakarta, Algiers, Giza

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EMIs 3cd Program Systemic Capacity Development
Uses the infrastructure of the Cluster Cities
Project to engage local governments into a
disaster risk reduction agenda. Three
Components

• Assessment (gaps, needs and strategy)
• Cross-Cutting training (and advocacy)
• Implementation of a city-wide Disaster Risk
  Management Master Plan (DMMP)

Program Director Shirley Mattingly
Program Definition and Implementation Plan (vs.
3-1)
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Component 1 - Current Practice Assessment

• Develop a knowledge base for current practice in
  disaster management in megacities Identify gaps
  and needs Develop a strategy for implementation
• Ten megacities investigation of current practice
• Deliverables
• Knowledge Database of Current Practice
• Manual of Sound Practice
• Manual for Implementation
• Task Leader Dr. Jeannette Fernandez EMI Board
  Member and former Assistant Dean of Engineering
  EPN Quito.

Task 1 White Paper
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Component 2 Systemic Training

• Objectives
• Improve process of planning, designing,
  delivering and controlling construction process
  in developing countries
• Prepare cities for implementation of Disaster
  Management Master Plan (DMMP)
• Capacity building
• Target
• Reduce the biggest vulnerability and largest risk
  component in developing countries

Task 2 White Paper
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Component 3 Implementation of DRMMP

• Challenge Move institutions from Response and
  Recovery to Preparedness and
• Mitigation.
• For the management of disasters in megacities,
  EMI proposes implementation of a Disaster Risk
  Management Master Plan (DRMMP)

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3cd Program Implementation Approach
Innovative Approach for implementation, which
involves close cooperation between public
officials, academicians, and funding organizations

• EMIs cities and academic partners in developing
  countries are both the implementers and the
  beneficiaries of the program
• Discussions for partnership have been progressing
  with
• EdM (Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Center) Kobe,
  Japan
• PDC (Pacific Disaster Center), Hawaii
• Kobe University
• ProVention Consortium
• UNDP
• World Bank

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Benefits of a Master Plan

• Provides a systemic and rational process for
  implementing mitigation
• Consistent with other city planning processes (in
  particular urban planning) hence, easier to
  institutionalize.
• A tool for engaging the stakeholders into the
  risk reduction debate.
• Learning and knowledge communication tool.

The DMMP provides an efficient mechanism for
shifting attention from response to preparedness
and mitigation
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DRMMP Istanbul Experience

• In 2001, EMI proposed the concept of DRMMP as a
  framework for disaster management for the city.
  This model has proven efficient in engaging
  stakeholders in mitigation.
• On 19 August 2003, central and local governments
  adopted the elements of the master plan as a
  framework for mitigation. The countrys
  legislative bodies adopted the Master Plan as a
  policy for the city.
• The World Bank is currently structuring a program
  to provide financing and technical support in the
  implementation of the DRMMP
• EMI wants to duplicate this model in other cities

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Program Schedule Phase 1

• Phase 1 of the program is starting on March 1,
  2004, includes
• 1. Current Practice Assessment
• Training Curriculum Development
• Technology Assessment

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Concluding Note

• Long term approach for sustainability
• Based on local needs and realities but grounded
  in strong practice
• Introduces the mechanisms for engaging local
  institutions in mitigation
• Global partnership

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